Sentences with phrase «when voting on budget»

Let's hope that Congress will consider the needs of America's seniors when voting on budget appropriations for HUD and FHA.

When they vote on the budget Oct. 13, legislators are also expected to vote on a separate measure that requires the county executive's staff to report three times a year on the new venue's finances, McMahon said.

UPDATE 3: The governor urged reporters not to view the fact that three legislators abstained from today's vote as a «hostile» act, suggesting that they all would vote at the «appropriate time» — in other words, when they vote on the budget.

Not exact matches

Poland's biggest political standoff in years began on Friday when opposition lawmakers objected to plans by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party to curb media access to parliament, and blocked the plenary hall podium ahead of a budget vote.

«Well, when we were voting on next year's budget, everything was going along fine.

What I'd really like is a law that forces our politicians to wear the logos of their major supporters on jumpsuits - sort of like NASCAR drivers, so that when they vote on bills and budgets, you know exactly who is paying for whom.

When regional and national assemblies meet to establish budgets, elect officers and vote on pronouncements, they are also doing something far more important: they are reasserting (and reinterpreting) their denominational culture.

Park commissioner Rebecca Sive, chairwoman of the board «s financial committee, said the criticisms would be considered and, possibly, the budget amended before Dec. 9 when the board meets to cast a final vote on next year «s budget.

This is a disaster, but it would not be on the table if Senator Avella had not voted for it when the Republican led coalition included this plan in their budget bill,» AQE's email, signed by its advocacy director Zakiyah Ansari.

Republicans were uniformly tight lipped leaving the conference Saturday when asked about their plans for the day and if a budget bill would be voted on at some point.

When will the Australia Senate debate and vote on the 2014 budget?

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie expects to include ethics legislation along with the Democratic - led Assembly's one - house budget resolution when it is voted on next week, he said at a Crain's New York breakfast.

It has an impact on the dynamic of the Mayoral race and it can also impact on how you run your administration — don't forget that Ken had a strong working relationship with the Green Party Assembly members during 2004 - 08 when he needed their votes to pass his budget.

There was no indication Tuesday morning about when Democratic leaders may attempt to to vote on a revised budget plan, but the legislature only has until midnight Wednesday to pass a budget before it's mandatory adjournment deadline.

The final budget agreement came so late that the governor had to use what's called a special message of necessity to bypass the legal three day waiting period between when a bill is printed and when it can be voted on.

Mr. Bellone joined Legislator Bridget Fleming, Suffolk Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory, Matt Cohen, vice president of the Long Island Association, Laureen Harris, president of the Association for a Better Long Island, Gina Coletti, co-chairwoman of the Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, and small - business owners in Hauppauge yesterday to announce his opposition to the plan, which took an important step toward passage on Tuesday when the Senate Budget Committee voted along party lines to approve it.

One highly - placed Democrat said it's possible budget bills could start being printed as early as Saturday, which would allow legislators to start debating and voting on these measures when they return to the Capitol next Monday.

When pressed by Gov. David Paterson today on why they won't simply vote the executive budget up or down and call it a day, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos replied he considered the question moot, since the Democrats who control the Legislature won't bring the plan to the floor in the first place.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

When the Legislature voted on this fiscal year's budget, many lawmakers in the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus admonished opponents of the bill for blocking their push to fund the legislation.

Mr. LaValle accused Mr. Shaffer of calling the conference call to distract reporters from a Newsday article published Saturday that noted Mr. Bellone raised on average the amount a Babylon resident pays in general taxes by 108 percent since 1999, when he first voted on a town budget as a council member.

He added that she has «straight As» from the National Rifle Association and voted against Democratic Gov. David Paterson's «bloated» budget this year (Burns conceded there were other issues on which the Republican has problems with conservatives in her party: she is pro-abortion, voted for gay marriage and, while not endorsing the controversial «card check» provision in the Employee Free Choice Act, she does support «reform in workers» ability to organize» — a stand not too different from that of AFL - CIO President Rich Trumka when he said he could support EFCA without card check).

Lawmakers in the Democratic - led Assembly planned to vote on the final piece of the budget in the wee hours of Saturday morning; it is unclear when the Republican - controlled Senate will return to Albany to take up the legislation.

I asked Krueger if she thought there could be a Wisconsin - type quorum problem when it comes time to vote on a budget — assuming a deal is forthcoming at some point.

«I'm Not a Perfect Man,» said Latimer, when Astorino raised the issue of his skipping an important budget vote in the Senate last April to go on vacation in London.

Some may find it a bit hypocritical for Latimer, a Roman Catholic as is his wife and girlfriend, to raise concerns that Senate leadership did something wrong by scheduling a budget vote on one of the most important days in the Roman Catholic calendar when he left his wife back in New York to attend mass by herself while he was on vacation in Europe with another woman.

The only action that somewhat resembled a development before Cuomo's 11:45 p.m. announcement came when Senate Democrats attempted to organize a boycott of the entire budget vote until there was an agreement on a raise the age announcement they supported.

Paterson said yesterday he's not sure when he might force a vote on education cuts, the most contentious of the outstanding budget issues.

Although members of the NIFA board declined to talk publicly Wednesday, sources say sentiment is strong among the six directors to vote to take over Nassau County's finances when they meet again on Thursday, with Conservative George Marlin and chairman Ronald Stack the most concerned about the county's budget being out of balance.

Ralliers are hoping that lawmakers will hear their call when they vote on the governor's budget.

The formal term you are looking for is «interim budget» (if we are talking about both spending and revenues) or, more commonly, «vote - on - account» (when talking only about spending).

New York finally got some good news from Congress on Wednesday when the Senate pushed forward $ 2.6 billion in aid for the state, after two months of lost votes on the issue threatened to blow big holes in local and state budgets.

Republican Senate Leader John Flanagan hasn't announced when he will call the Senate back to vote on the budget.

Given the «funding roller coaster» the Library has been on since 2000, including in 2010 when budget cuts forced a reduction in service hours (98.5 total per week), plus cuts in programming and staffing, the Library System Trustees voted to pursue becoming a Special Legislative District Public Library (SLDPL) in September 2011.

WINDSOR TERRACE, BROOKLYN — Participatory budgeting season starts Saturday, when neighborhood residents can vote on which projects they'd like to see their tax dollars go toward.

Two weeks ago, after the House of Commons vote on the budget, when Labour MPs joined with a number of Tory backbenchers to demand cuts in EU spending over the next seven years, slightly more voters (42 %) wanted the EU budget cut rather than maintained or increased (39 %).

The only rare exception is when there is a revolt on the government benches which is backed by the opposition, and even then when the government lost a vote on that basis last year on the EU budget, it still ostentatiously dismissed the vote as merely «advisory».

As part of the 2015 state budget lawmakers voted to create the new teacher evaluation system that places a greater emphasis on student test scores when evaluating the job performance of teachers and principals.

MPs should have been told of the impact on women when asked to vote for the Budget, it said.

Clearly, the goals of the WCA and the wellbeing of Westchester residents were not on the senator's mind when she voted for this disastrous budget.

Approval of these priorities should be considered when the board votes on the full budget at the end of June.